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Erik Ableson
@erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social

Now that’s something you don’t see everyday - a 1970s era Citroen DS that has been converted to a battery electric car.

Zoom on the Citroen DS connection to a public car charger

Yellow and white Citroen DS plugged into a public charger

Erik Ableson
@erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social

And I have to own up to not knowing my DS history as well as I should. My parents had one when I was a kid in the early 70s, so that’s mentally how I’d tagged it, but this is more likely a model from the 60s (or maybe even the 50s !!!)

Erik Ableson
@erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social

Also noting that I'm in a country back-water in (close to) the middle of nowhere at the absolute periphery of what could be considered a supportable commute to Paris

Erik Ableson
@erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social

Whoops - that exploded beyond my usual network. Very happy to see that the DS is universally liked and even more so in an electric version.

Also happy to note that my standalone Mastodon instance is holding up nicely under the load

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